A new tooth wear-based dietary analysis method for proboscidea (Mammalia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Saarinen, Juha ^a   Karme, Aleksis ^a   Cerling, Thure ^b,c   Uno, Kevin ^b,d   Säilä, Laura ^a   Kasiki, Samuel ^e   Ngene, Shadrack ^e   Obari, Thadeus ^f   Mbua, Emma ^g   Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo ^g   Fortelius, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e Tsavo Research Centre   (Kenya)

^f KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^g INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

MAMMALIA; POACEAE; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); UNGULATA;

EID: 84930754999     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.918546     Document Type: Article

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